Seq No. Metadata item Obligation Max occurs - Address—Australian postcode, Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN} DSS specific information:
This data element refers to the postcode of the patient's address at the time of the scheduled appointment. It is collected in the NAPAAWL DC against the following data items:
PER_ADDRESS_POSTCODE (Mandatory)
PER_MAIL_ADDRESS_POSTCODE (Optional). These items are also referred to in the NAPAAWL DC as:
Patient residential address postcode
Patient mail address postcode. Patient mail address postcode is only relevant if it is different to the residential address postcode. It is only recorded in the NAPAAWL DC if the patient agrees to provide it.
Mandatory 2 - Address—Australian state/territory identifier, code AA[A] DSS specific information:
Australian state/territory identifier is collected in the NAPAAWL DC against the data item:
PER_ADDRESS_STATE_CODE
In the NAPAAWL DC, this data item does not have a code for Australian Antarctic Territory. However, it does have the following supplementary values within the NAPAAWL DC:
OTH Other Territories
UNK Unknown
Mandatory 1 - Address—suburb/town/locality name, text X[X(49)] DSS specific information:
Mandatory 2 - Address—telephone number, text X[X(19)] Optional 2 - Address—unstructured address line, text X[X(70)] Optional 4 - Appointment—account number, identifier N(12) Mandatory 1 - Appointment—appointment attendance, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Appointment—appointment reason, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Appointment—cancellation reason, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Appointment—care type, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Appointment—client type, code AA Mandatory 1 - Appointment—clinical priority access criteria, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Appointment—date, DDMMYYYY Mandatory 1 - Appointment—group identifier, X[(8)] Optional 1 - Appointment—group session indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 - Appointment—mental health indicator, yes/no code A Optional 1 - Appointment—new/follow-up appointment, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Appointment—non-admitted patient service event indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 - Appointment—number of patients attending a group session, N(8) Optional 1 - Appointment—occasion of service indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 - Appointment—occasion of service sequence number, N{N} Mandatory 1 - Appointment—outcome, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Appointment—patient arrival time, hh:mm Mandatory 1 - Appointment—patient seen time, hh:mm Mandatory 1 - Appointment—principal source of funding, patient funding source code AAA Mandatory 1 - Appointment—priority, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Appointment—program category, code AAA Optional 1 - Appointment—program name, text X[X(49)] Optional 1 - Appointment—program type, code AAA Optional 1 - Appointment—reference period, calendar month N{N} Mandatory 1 - Appointment—reference period, calendar year YYYY Mandatory 1 - Appointment—reference period, financial month N{N} Mandatory 1 - Appointment—reference period, financial year YYYY-YYYY Mandatory 1 - Appointment—scheduled appointment status, code AA Mandatory 1 - Appointment—scheduled start time, hh:mm Mandatory 1 - Appointment—service delivery mode, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Appointment—service delivery setting, code A Mandatory 1 - Appointment—service provider profession, code AAA Optional 1 - Appointment—session type, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Clinic—clinic category, code AAA{A} Mandatory 1 - Clinic—clinic identifier, X[(8)] Mandatory 1 - Clinic—clinic title, text X[X(49)] Mandatory 1 - Clinic—doctor led clinic indicator, yes/no code A Mandatory 1 - Clinic—non-admitted service type, code (Tier 2 v2.0) NN.NN Mandatory 1 - Clinic—outpatient clinic tier 1 type, code NNN.NNN Mandatory 1 - Diagnosis—diagnosis/procedure/intervention classification type, code XXX[XXXX] Optional 3 - Diagnosis—diagnosis/procedure/intervention, code [X(15)] Optional 3 - Establishment—campus identifier, X{X} Optional 1 - Establishment—organisation identifier (Australian), NNX[X]NNNNN DSS specific information:
This data item is derived from existing data items in the NAPAAWL DC and has:
Synonymous name: ESTABLISHMENT_IDENTIFIER
Short name: Establishment identifier. It is a concatenation of Australian state/territory identifier, sector, region identifier and organisation identifier.
Mandatory 1 - Establishment—organisation identifier (Western Australia), NNNN Mandatory 1 - Health information system—record extracted date, DDMMYYYY Mandatory 1 - Health information system—record extracted time, hh:mm Mandatory 1 - Health information system—record last updated date, DDMMYYYY Mandatory 1 - Health information system—record load date, DDMMYYYY Mandatory 1 - Health information system—record mapped date, DDMMYYYY Mandatory 1 - Health information system—record sequence identifier, N(10) Optional 1 - Health information system—record source, feeder system code A[A] Mandatory 1 - Patient—intention of treatment, code N DSS specific information:
In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has:
Synonymous name: PER_INTENTION_TREAT
Short name: Patient intention of treatment. Mandatory 1 - Patient—ready-for-care date, DDMMYYYY DSS specific information:
In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has:
Synonymous name: PER_READY_CARE_DATE
Short name: Ready for care date. Mandatory 1 - Patient—ready-for-care status, code AAA Optional 1 - Person (name)—family name, text A[A(49)] Mandatory 1 - Person (name)—given name, text A[A(49)] Mandatory 2 - Person with cancer—clinical emergency indicator, code A DSS specific information:
Mandatory 1 - Person with cancer—intention of treatment, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Person with cancer—primary site of cancer, code (ICD-10-AM 8th edn) ANN{.N[N]} DSS specific information:
In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has:
Synonymous name: PER_PRIMARY_SITE_OF_CANCER
Short name: Person with cancer - primary site of cancer The national health standard for the primary site of cancer, using ICD-10-AM 8th edition is:
Person with cancer-primary site of cancer, code (ICD-10-AM 8th edn) ANN.{.N[N]}
While the health standard is limited to ICD-10-AM 8th edition, a range of diagnosis coding systems are used across the Department of Health, WA. Any coding system is currently acceptable for the PER_PRIMARY_SITE_OF_CANCER data item that is collected in the NAPAAWL DC.
Mandatory 1 - Person with cancer—radiotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY Mandatory 1 - Person—age, total years N[NN] DSS specific information:
This is a derived data item in the NAPAAWL DC and is based on the difference between the patient's date of birth and their appointment date (in integer format). If the difference is less than one year then the patient's age is set to zero.Mandatory 1 - Person—area of usual residence, geographical location code (ASGC 2011) N(9) Mandatory 1 - Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9) DSS specific information:
In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has:
Synonymous name: PER_RESIDENTIAL_SA2_CODE
Short name: Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2). Mandatory 1 - Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2011) NNNN DSS specific information:
In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has:
Synonymous name: PER_COUNTRY_OF_BIRTH_CODE
Short name: Patient country of birth code. Mandatory 1 - Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY DSS specific information:
In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has:
Synonymous name: PER_DATE_OF_BIRTH
Short name: Patient date of birth. Mandatory 1 - Person—date of death, DDMMYYYY DSS specific information:
In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has:
Synonymous name: PER_DATE_OF_DEATH
Short name: Patient date of death. Optional 1 - Person—death notification source, code AAA Optional 1 - Person—government funding identifier, Department of Veterans' Affairs card colour, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Person—government funding identifier, Department of Veterans' Affairs file number AAXXNNNNA DSS specific information:
Department of Veterans' Affairs file number is collected in the NAPAAWL DC against the following data item:
PER_DVA_NUMBER
Mandatory 1 - Person—government funding identifier, Medicare card number N(11) DSS specific information:
In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has:
Synonymous name: PER_MEDICARE_NUMBER Short name: Patient Medicare number. Mandatory 1 - Person—Indigenous status, code AAA DSS specific information:
This data item is a mandatory item for national reporting in the:
Non-admitted patient DSS 2013-14
Activity based funding: Non-admitted patient care DSS 2013-2014
It is reported nationally using the data element:
Person-Indigenous status, code N
Mandatory 1 - Person—interpreter service required, yes/no code A Optional 1 - Person—marital status, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Person—person identifier, X(8) DSS specific information:
This data item is a mandatory item for national reporting in the:
Non-admitted patient DSS 2013-14
Activty based funding: Non-admitted patient care DSS 2013-2014
It is reported nationally using the data element:
Person-person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)]
Mandatory 1 - Person—residency status, code AAA Optional 1 - Person—sex, code A DSS specific information:
This data item is a mandatory item for national reporting in the:
Non-admitted patient DSS 2013-14
Activity based funding: Non-admitted patient care DSS 2013-2014
It is reported nationally using the data element:
Person-sex, code N
Mandatory 1 - Referral—account number, identifier N(12) Mandatory 1 - Referral—clinic category for referral, code AAA{A} Mandatory 1 - Referral—referral discharge date, DDMMYYYY Mandatory 1 - Referral—referral priority, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Referral—referral reason, code AAA Mandatory 1 - Referral—referral received date, DDMMYYYY DSS specific information:
This data item is a mandatory item for national reporting in the:
Non-admitted patient DSS 2013-14
Activity based funding: Non-admitted patient care DSS 2013-2014
It is reported nationally using the data element:
Non-admitted patient service request-service request received date, DDMMYYYY
Mandatory 1 - Referral—referral source, code AAA DSS specific information:
This data item is a mandatory item for national reporting in the:
Non-admitted patient DSS 2013-14
Activity based funding: Non-admitted patient care DSS 2013-2014
It is reported nationally using the data element:
Non-admitted patient service request-service request source, code N.N
Mandatory 1 - Referral—referral status, code AA Mandatory 1 
